Before we left the Tennessee area, we took a day trip to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. On the way there, we drove through Sevierville. It looked like a cool town..
but nothing like Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg.
Our drive through Pigeon Forge was crazy. So much to look at. Tourist attractions all over. A family could spend a lot of money here making memories.
Then it was on towards the National Park and Gatlinburg. There were people everywhere and the traffic crawled through town. It was another crazy tourist town.
We stopped at the Gatlinburg Visitor Center, after cruising through the crowded streets.
We bought some post cards and a magnet and picked up maps of the area. Then on into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Yep, it is the most visited US National Park. This was a Thursday, and it was crazy busy. We stopped at the Sugarlands Visitor Center. Just a short drive in the park for us.
Then it was back home.
Then it was time to head into North Carolina.
Another state sticker for us. We are now at Forest Lake RV Campground near Advance, NC.
It was pretty cold the first few days here, lows around 23. But it is finally warming up now, in the 80s. One thing we have done while here, is switch from Verizon to T-Mobile. We each got a Samsung Galaxy G23 5G phone and each a Samsung Galaxy Watch5. All at no cost! And we each have the protection warranty on our phones. And each got a $200.00 gift card for switching to T-Mobile. And best of all, our Verizon phone bill was $123.00 per month, now it is $146.00 a month. So far the data is pretty fast. We will see how it goes.
We also met up with some friends here. Patti & Carl, who we last saw at the RV Show in Tampa, are here. We visited late yesterday and went out to lunch today. Connecting with friends on the road .... it is what it is all about!
Our campground map showed a Pioneer Cemetery Historical Landmark, So I had to find it, and try out my new phone camera.
Found it!
We are here for 11 days. Waiting for Spring to spring...
The Fergs out .......
We have stayed multiple times at Forest Lake and enjoyed it. One time we were there at the same time as friends and they knew where to get the local BBQ, TarHeel Q BBQ was just a few miles away, good and reasonably priced. In nearby Lexington we shopped at our first LIDL store, a competitor to Aldi, which is also in Lexington. These are small European style grocery stores with no frills and good prices. Lexington is the closest place with many stores, and it also isn’t that much further to Winston-Salem, with about everything.
ReplyDeleteWe also got new phones when in the area at one of our stays at Best Buy in Winston-Salem.